reaniman stan

i don't usually read them i'm sorry to say... i have such a hyperspecific vision in my mind and the few fics i have seen involving sinclair have also included topics that i would really rather not read about

could go either way. i headcanon that comic!cecil did do something like this (and that's how i explain sinclair's personality shift later in the series... he had pieces of his mind rewired like he did to his creations #PoeticCinema)*

show cecil probably wouldn't even bother with medicine or therapy tbh and was just saying anything to get mark off his back. i think cecil kept sinclair locked up with minimal access to anything for a good while to wear him down, and after that he'd probably provide the option of treatment but not force him or bother to keep tabs on whether he's actually using it. cecil has too much else to keep track of, and as long as sinclair's productivity isn't hindered and he isn't stepping out of line it's fine

i can also see justine (or daphne as she's seemingly called in the show?) as someone cecil appointed to help keep sinclair in line because of their similar temperaments

going by the comic: the one-sided dynamic they had is pretty interesting with sinclair monologuing to rick in his introduction, using him as an errand bot, and even bothering to comfort and reassure him (in his own weird way) when he does show emotion. i can see sinclair scouting him out deliberately from his classmates and actually getting sort of attached because he's clearly very lonely, and i believe he might be more inclined to feel remorse about rick personally in this universe